Clothes hanger



Jan. 31, 1933. Q L wHl'TE 1,895,695

CLOTHES HANGER Filed May 4, 1951 Ol/Var L. W51

INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 31, 1933 UNITED STATES OLIVER I4. W'HITE, OF ST. HELENS, ORI EGON CLOTHES HANGER Application filed. May 4, 1931.

The object of my invention is to form a clothes hanger that has a cross bar that is hingedly secured to the primary member to adapt the same for having articles removed therefrom with greatest ease and facility.

The invention is comprised primarily of a primary cross bar upon which coats, dresses and other apparel maybe hung.

A secondary cross bar is hingedly secured to one end of the primary cross bar and is adapted for being supported by a locking latch upon the oppositely disposed end.

The purpose and object of the secondary hinged bar is to adapt the same for the easy removal of articles therefrom.

@ne of the objects of my invention is to provide a cheaply constructed clothes hanger that is adapted for supporting various articles thereupon, with means associated therewith to facilitate the placing and removal of the articles from a hinged member hingedly secured to the primary member of the device.

A further object of my invention consists in providing a coat and pants hanger that has greatest facility for the placing of the pants thereupon and the removal therefrom.

A still further object of my invention consists in constructing a clothes hanger comprised of a limited numberof parts and that will afford the greatest utility for the user of the same.

With these and incidental objects in view,

the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in the appended claims, and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter shown with reference to the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of this specification.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a hanger made in preferred embodiment in which a primary member is provided to which the secondary member is hingedly secured upon its one end.

Fig. 2 is a sectional end view of the hinged end of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 1, the same being taken on line 22 of Fig.1, looking in the direction indicated.

Serial No. 534,896.

Fig. 3 is a side view of a. clothes hanger made with a structural difference of detail but adapted for accomplishing the same purpose. In this device the secondary supporting member is made of metal.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, sectional end view of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 3, the same being taken on line t4: of Fig. 3 looking in the direction indicated.

Fig. 5 is a side View of a still further modified form of device in'which-the entire structure and assembly is made of metal.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional end view of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 5, the.

same being taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 5, looking in the direction indicated.

Fig. 7 is a side View of a combination wood and metal device in which a clothes hanger has a primary body element and a bottom bar fixedly secured upon its oppositely disposed ends to the primary bar and having a hinged bar secured to the primary members.

. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional side View of another form of adapting a hinged secondary member to the primary member.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The device may be made as illustrated in Fig. l and 2, and when so made a primary body element 1 is made of wood, or metal, or other suitable material. A supporting hook 2 is disposed centrally of the primary body element and upwardly extends therefrom. A secondary body element 3 is hingedly secured to the primary body element upon its one end. The free end of the cross bar may be. supported by a locking latch 4. The hinged end has a yoke 5 that is adapted for supporting a journal pin 6. The journal pin 6 acts as a support for the hinged end ofthe secondary cross bar 3.

In order to permit the cross barto swivel, a second yoke 7 is' fixedly secured to the primary member and a pin 8 securesthe two yokes together, with the yokes being spaced apart as illustrated at 9 to permit one of the yokes being swivelled relative to the other.

The secondary cross bar may be made of metal as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, and when so made a hook 10 is disposed upon one end of the secondary bar 11, which is made to pass through the primary bar. The oppositely dis osed end of the bar is supported upon a 100 g latch 12, the locking latch bemg so 5 made as to permit the free release of the secondary bar when desired.

To adapt the same to an all metal hanger the same may be made as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6. When so made the secondary bar 13 has an eye 14 disposed upon its one end which may be folded over the loop of the primary bar 15 to permit the hinging of the secondary bar to the rimary bar. A locking latch 16 securin t e two together. An ordinary 5 hinge 1 may be used to hinge the primary .and the secondary bars together as illustrated in Fig. 8. v

Where my device is to be adapted for being secured to the clothes hanger now in comrgg mon use, is illustrated in Fig. 7. A pin 18 may be placed within one end of the primary hanger 19, and an eye 20 being formed in the secondary bar 21, with a leg 22 being upturned to maintain the secondary bar 20 in -25.s paced relationship throughout the major portion of its length with the secondary bar 23. A- hook 24: being formed upon the free endof the cross bar 20 to permit the hinging of the same.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not intended to confine the invention. to the one form of embodiment herein shown and described, as it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow:

What I claim is:

4o 4 1. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a body element comprising 'a segment of a circle, of a supporting hook central thereof, a metal supporting element attached to one end of the body element, a

4'5 pivot therein, a second supporting element rotatably attached to said pivot, a pin sup-' ported within the second supporting element and having its axis at right angles to that of the pivot, a cross bar rotatably disposed at one end about the pin, and means disposed upon the other end of the body element to detachably secure the cross-bar.

2. In combination with a clothes han er having a supporting hook central thereo a supporting element secured to one end of the. hanger, a pivot therein, a second supporting member rotatably secured to said pivot, a' pin, having its axis at right angles to the axis of the pivot, disposed within the second sup-. porting element; a cross bar rotatably secured at one end about the pin, and means at the disposed other end of the hanger to detachably secure the cross-bar.

OLIVER L. WHITE. cs 

